4.4.1 Power LED ....................28 4.4.2 Status LED ....................28 4.4.3 CEA-709 Activity LED ................28 4.4.4 Twin Router Status LED (L-IP Redundant only) ........28 4.4.5 Ethernet Link LED ................... 29 4.4.6 Ethernet Activity LED ................29 4.4.7 CEA-852 Status LED (CNIP LED) ............29 4.4.8 Configuration Server LED ...............
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4.7.2 L-IP Redundant ..................34 5 Console Interface ..................36 Console Connection ..................36 Self Test ......................36 L-IP Configuration Menu (Main Menu) ............37 System Configuration Menu ................39 CEA-709 Configuration Menu ................ 40 5.5.1 CEA-709 Configuration Menu ..............40 5.5.2 CEA-709 Router Configuration Menu.............
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L-IP Acts as a Standard CEA-709 Configured Router ........98 L-IP Acts as a Smart Switch ................99 Using L-IP in LNS (LonMaker) Networks ............99 Using the L-IP as the Network Interface for LNS Applications ....100 Remote LPA Operation .................. 102 Version 6.1...
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9.2.1 Bus Loop Monitoring ................105 9.2.2 Router Redundancy ................106 9.2.3 Device and Network Monitoring ............108 The L-IP Redundant in a Network ..............108 Installation ....................... 109 9.4.1 Installing the L-IP Redundant Plug-In ........... 109 9.4.2 Registering the L-IP Redundant Plug-In ..........111 9.4.3 Adding the L-IP Redundant ..............
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12.3 Firmware Update via the IP Network ............156 13 Troubleshooting ..................157 13.1 When commissioning the L-IP LonMaker responds with an error .... 157 13.2 L-IP packet routing fails if Channel Timeout is activated ......158 13.3 Default Gateway Address is wrong ..............158 13.4...
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L-IP CEA-709 User Manual LOYTEC 16 Specifications .................... 170 16.1 LIP-xECTB, LIP-xxECTB, and LIP-xxECRB ..........170 16.2 LIP-xxxxECTB....................170 16.3 LIP-3ECTC, LIP-33ECTC ................171 17 Revision History ..................172 Version 6.1 LOYTEC electronics GmbH...
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CEA-852 ......Protocol standard for tunneling CEA-709 packets over IP channels IP ......... Internet Protocol LSD Tool ......LOYTEC System Diagnostics Tool MAC ........Media Access Control MD5 ........Message Digest 5, RFC 1321 NAT ........Network Address Translation, RFC 1631 SL ........
The automatic IP connection keep-alive functionality maintains IP connections during bus idle times. The multi-port version of the L-IP combines the functionality of two L-IPs in one device. This device is equipped with a 100-BaseT Ethernet port (CEA-852) and up to four FT-10 ports (CEA-709).
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Figure 1: L-IP application example behind and without firewalls and NAT routers The L-IP series “C” models (product code ending with C) come with two Ethernet ports and the device setup can be done easily on the LCD display. The remote Wireshark packet capture feature is also available.
The L-IP Redundant CEA-709/IP Router is a perfect solution for networks where a high reliability in the communication is required. It is a member of the L-IP family, based on the standard L-IP router and adds functionality which allows building redundant network infrastructure.
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CEA-709 network can be observed with status LEDs. For trouble-shooting, the Router supports the remote LPA (LOYTEC Protocol Analyzer) functionality so that the network can be analyzed from any PC connected to the Internet. With the L-IP Redundant CEA-709/IP Router, setting up a redundant network which is comfortable to maintain becomes an easy task.
LOYTEC 1.2 L-IP Models This Section provides an overview of the different L-IP models in Table 1. This table identifies the different features of those models. Models that possess a certain feature have a check mark () in the respective column. If a feature is not available in the particular model, the column is left blank.
Readme file. New L-IP Models The new L-IP models with their product code ending in “C” are now supported. Equipped with dual Ethernet, a built-in firewall and LCD display, these new models serve as a plug-in replacement for the older series “B” devices. Existing device backups can be used without modification.
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The L-IP series “C” models have the Wireshark packet capture feature. Using this feature local packet logs can be made and stored on the L-IP. It is also possible to connect a running Wireshark protocol analyzer on the PC to the L-IP and run a life packet capture.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC 3 Quick-Start Guide This Chapter shows step-by-step instructions on how to configure the L-IP for a simple network architecture in a LAN environment. 3.1 Hardware Installation 3.1.1 L-IP Connect power 12-35 VDC or 12-24 VAC, the CEA-709 network, and the Ethernet cable as shown in the installation sheet.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 5: L-IP Redundant in Twin Router mode with Bus Loop Monitoring Figure 6: L-IP Redundant in Twin Router mode without Bus Loop Monitoring 3.2 IP Configuration of the Client Device 3.2.1 Configuration on the Console Use a PC terminal program with the communication settings set to 38,400 bps / 8 data bits / no parity / 1 stop bit / no handshake.
Exit and save Please choose: Figure 8: Enter basic IP settings. Press ‘x’ to save the IP settings and reset the L-IP with the main menu item ‘0’ in order to let the new IP settings take effect. Important! The default IP address 192.168.1.254 is only set for configuration access. It must be changed in order to make the device functional.
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In Windows7 replace %COMPUTERNAME% with the PC's actual IP address. Then open your Web browser and type in the default IP address 192.168.1.254. Figure 9: L-IP Start Screen. Click on Config in the left menu. You will be asked to enter the administrator password in order to change the IP settings.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 11: Enter IP address and gateway. Press Save Settings and then reset the device by selecting Reset in the highlighted text. This changes the IP settings of the device. 3.2.3 Configuration via the LCD Display Device models with an LCD display can also be configured to their basic settings through jog dial navigation on the LCD UI.
Back in the home screen the configuration server is shown with a checkmark. 3.3 Configuration Server Settings If the L-IP should also act as the configuration server for the IP-852 channel, open the Web interface and go to the menu CEA-852 Server. In the drop-down box Config server status select enabled and click on Save Settings to activate the configuration server.
Verify in the channel list that the device(s) have been registered successfully and show a green checkmark. The CNIP-LED on all L-IP devices that have one should be green and the SERVER-LED on the configuration server L-IP should be green as well. L-IP devices with an LCD display will show the configuration server address (or LOCAL) and a checkmark if registered correctly at the configuration server as shown in Figure 13.
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Redundant and vice versa. If using LonMaker for Windows the resulting drawing should look like shown in Figure 14. Furthermore, the PRIM LED on one of the two L-IP Redundant devices should be green and should be off on the other one.
The enclosure of the product and its terminal layout are shown on the installation sheet found in the product’s box. 4.2 Product Label The product label on the side of the L-IP contains the following information: L-IP order number with bar-code (e.g. LIP-3ECTC, LIP-33ECTC, or LIP-33ECRB), ...
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 15: Internal assignment of NIDs on LIP-xxECTB. Figure 16: Example of internal NID order on LIP-xxECTB. Figure 17: Internal assignment of NIDs on LIP-xxxxECTB. Figure 18: Example of internal NID order on LIP-xxxxECTB. Version 6.1...
The power LED lights up green when power is supplied to the power terminals. 4.4.2 Status LED The L-IP is equipped with a red status LED (see installation sheet). This LED is normally off. If the fall-back image is executed the status LED flashes red once every second.
Device is primary, but secondary has taken over Table 3: Twin Router Status LED patterns. Every time the L-IP Redundant contacts its twin router the LED is switched off shortly to signal this activity. 4.4.5 Ethernet Link LED The Ethernet Link LED lights up green whenever an Ethernet cable is plugged-in and a physical connection with a switch, hub, or PC can be established.
LOYTEC 4.4.9 Wink Action If the L-IP receives a wink command on any of its network ports, it shows a blink pattern on the CNIP and the CEA-709 activity LEDs. The CEA-709 activity and the CNIP LED turn green/orange/red (each 0.15 s). This pattern is repeated six times. After that the CNIP LED...
“Reset to factory defaults” in the console menu (see Section 5.9). Important: If the L-IP is operated in smart switch mode and is moved from one location to another or if major changes to the configuration of the network are made, it is recommended to reset the L-IP forwarding tables.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC TCP/IP Setup: This menu allows configuring the device’s IP address. HTTP Server: This menu allows to enable/disable the HTTP server and to configure its TCP port. HTTPS Server: This menu allows to enable/disable the HTTP server, to configure its TCP port and to remove an installed certificate.
4.7 Wiring 4.7.1 L-IP Every network segment connected to the L-IP needs to be terminated according to the rules found in the specification of the transceiver (see Chapter 11). Important: All used and unused ports must be properly terminated. LOYTEC recommends the use of the LOYTEC L-Term series network terminators (LT-13 or LT-33 respectively).
If operated with bus loop monitoring enabled (loop port 1 and loop port 2 connected), both sides of the loop must be terminated at the L-IP terminals (see Figure 24). In this case two terminators for bus topology must be used.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Important: If operated with bus loop monitoring enabled, the loop must not contain any repeaters! Version 6.1 LOYTEC electronics GmbH...
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC 5 Console Interface 5.1 Console Connection The L-IP series “B” models without an LCD display are equipped with a serial interface to display the results of the self test, allow configuration via a console menu, ...
Tue Sep 25 08:54:38 2012 - V6.0.0 Figure 25: Console messages during the boot phase. The duration of a successful boot sequence of an L-IP is typically 12 seconds. 5.3 L-IP Configuration Menu (Main Menu) After booting completed the L-IP displays the following console menu:...
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MD5 authentication secret. See Section 5.7 for details. 8 - Reset configuration (factory defaults) This menu item resets the L-IP to factory defaults. See Section 4.5.1 for details on how to reset the forwarding tables by pressing the status button and Section 5.9 on how to load factory defaults through the console menu.
This menu item allows enabling and disabling the FTP server on the L-IP. You can disable the FTP server if you don’t want to give anybody access to the L-IP via the FTP protocol. This menu item toggles between enabled and disabled.
This menu item allows enabling and disabling the web server on the L-IP. You can disable the web server if you don’t want to give anybody access to the L-IP configuration via the web interface. This menu item toggles between enabled and disabled.
Figure 30 CEA-709 router configuration menu. 1 - Router Mode The router mode menu allows setting the principal operating mode of the L-IP routing core. Normally the operating mode of the routing core is set with the DIP switches 1 and 2 but can be overridden in this menu.
LOYTEC support for advice! 6 – Factory reset w. status button In case the L-IP is in the mode repeater or smart switch, pressing the status button longer than 20 seconds resets the switching tables (see Section 4.5.1). This function can be disabled using this menu option.
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It is very important that the configuration server always has the same IP address assigned. If DHCP is enabled on a client device and the IP address assigned to the L-IP by the DHCP server on the network might change over time it is important to activate the “Roaming Member”...
Enter 0 to disable this feature, enter 1 for auto IP mode and 2 to specify one IP address that should receive the pings. If auto IP mode is selected and the L-IP works as a configuration server, a ping message is sent to all devices in the device list of the configuration server. If the configuration server is disabled on this L-IP a ping message is sent to the configuration server for the IP-852 channel.
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3 - Config client port If not more than one L-IP is used behind a NAT router, this field should be left at the default setting. If changed, it must not be the same as the config server port.
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- NAT Address If the L-IP is used behind a NAT router the public IP address of the NAT router or firewall must be known. This address can either be entered manually or can be determined automatically.
LOYTEC b - Multicast Address This menu option allows the user to add the L-IP into a multi-cast group for the IP-852 channel. Enter the channel’s IP multi-cast address here. On how to obtain a valid multi-cast address please contact your system administrator. To learn when it is beneficial to use multi-cast addresses in your channel please refer to Section 7.4.
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LOYTEC 3 - NAT Address If the L-IP is used behind a NAT router the public IP address of the NAT router or firewall must be entered. To completely disable the NAT router support, enter the IP address 0.0.0.0 when requested to enter the NAT address.
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2. e - Edit device Select this menu item to edit a CEA-852 device on the IP-852 channel. The L-IP prompts the device number which shall be edited. A list of available CEA-852 devices is displayed with the menu item [l]. A new menu appears (see Figure 39).
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LOYTEC d - Delete device Select this menu item to delete a CEA-852 device on the IP-852 channel. The L-IP prompts the device number which shall be deleted. A list of available CEA-852 devices is displayed with the menu item [l].
Select this menu item to contact all CEA-852 devices on the IP-852 channel and watch the state of the individual CEA-852 devices. This menu item can also be used when a CEA-852 device (e.g. L-IP) is replaced and the CEA-852 configuration must be propagated to the new device without deleting the device in the configuration server and adding the device again.
This menu holds relevant information regarding the device statistics of the L-IP. It also holds the menu item to monitor the connection keep-alive feature of the L-IP. The device statistics menu is shown in Figure 42. Use this menu for debugging purposes.
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This menu item allows monitoring of the automatic connection keep-alive feature in the L-IP. The console will display the ping delays to the different destination L-IP devices. If a device doesn’t respond the text “Timeout” will be displayed instead. Pressing “Return”...
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Monitoring connection keep alive... Press <RETURN> to return to menu Sending ping to 192.168.1.64 ... 1 ms Sending ping to 192.168.1.64 ... 1 ms Sending ping to 192.168.1.64 ... 1 ms Sending ping to 192.168.1.64 ... 2 ms Sending ping to 192.168.1.64 ...
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Type 3 sent Type 3 received Figure 45: IP statistics. Further, this statistics menu displays any IP address conflicts. If the L-IP’s IP address conflicts with another host on the network the banner shown in Figure 46 is displayed. Version 6.1...
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The round-trip value (RTT) is measured as the time a packet sent to the peer device needs to be routed back to the L-IP. It is a measure for general network delay. If the test to a specific member fails a text is displayed to describe the possible source of the problem. The reasons for failure are summarized in Table 5.
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Displayed for a device, which is reachable but which does not support the checkmark) feature to test the return path (device sending to this L-IP). Therefore a potential NAT router configuration error cannot be detected. If the tested device is an L-IP it is recommended to upgrade this L-IP to the most recent firmware.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC 6 Web Interface The L-IP comes with a built-in Web server and a Web interface to configure the device and extract statistics information. The Web interface allows configuring the IP settings, CEA-709, CEA-852 and other configuration settings.
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The page also includes the unique node IDs (“Neuron IDs”) of the CEA-709 network interfaces. The multi-port L-IP displays the external node IDs as well as the node IDs for the internal backbone in separate. This page can also be used to send the CEA-709 service pin messages.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 49: Enter ‘loytec4u’ as the default administrator password. The Config menu opens. Click on Passwords in the Config menu, which opens the password configuration page as shown in Figure 49. The device has three user accounts: (1) guest allows the user to view certain information only, e.g., the device info page.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC An empty IP address field disables the entry. An empty port number field sets the default port number. An empty time value field disables the time setting. 6.2.1 System Configuration The system configuration page is shown in Figure 51. This page allows configuring the device’s system time and other system settings.
CEA-709 commissioning information, CEA-852 device and configuration server information (if enabled), L-IP redundant configuration data (node list, parameters, etc). Figure 52: Backup/Restore page. Note: Backups created with firmware versions prior to version 6.0 cannot be restored on firmware versions 6.0 and up! Please make sure you re-create backups when upgrading the firmware! 6.2.3 Port Configuration...
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 53: Port Configuration Page. When selecting a protocol on a communication port, the protocol’s communication parameters are displayed in a box on the right-hand side. To save the settings of the currently opened protocol, click the Save Settings button. Pressing Get Settings retrieves the current settings from the device.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC If the device is operated with a 10 Mbit/s-only hub, the link speed should be switched from Auto Detect to 10Mbps/Half-Duplex. With modern 100/10 Mbit/s switches, this setting can be left at its default. The settings for DNS and NTP servers should be made in the IP host settings (see Section 6.2.6).
Ethernet 1+2 in the port mode setting. 6.2.6 IP Host Configuration The L-IP models, which provide a built-in Ethernet switch/hub possess a separate IP Host tab for editing all common host settings as shown in Figure 57. These settings affect all IP interfaces on the entire device.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC If auto IP mode is selected and the device has a CEA-852 configuration server, a ping message is sent to all CEA-852 devices in the channel list of the configuration server. If the configuration server is disabled on this device a ping message is sent to the configuration server for the IP-852 channel, if one is known.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 59: WLAN Client Settings The following settings are used to configure the wireless client mode: SSID: This is the service set ID identifying the wireless network to connect to. It can be entered manually, e.g. if the network is hidden, or scanned using the scan button.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 60: WLAN Access Point Settings The following settings are used to configure the access point mode: SSID: This is the service set ID identifying the wireless network provided by this access point. The hide SSID checkbox hides the SSID, so that it cannot be scanned.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Verbose Logging: In case of connection problems, this checkbox can be activated to store wireless connection information in the OS log. It is not recommended to leave this option activated during normal operation. The page displays the following information: ...
6.2.8 VNC Configuration LOYTEC devices equipped with an LCD display also provide remote access over Ethernet to the LCD display. The VNC protocol is used for this purpose and the device implements a VNC server for exposing the display. The VNC server is by default disabled on the device.
NAT router. Please refer to Section 7.3 to learn more about NAT configuration. In the field Device name the user can enter a descriptive name for the L-IP, which will appear in the IP channel to identify this device. You can enter a device name with up to 15 characters.
This is optional and for informational purposes only. If the CEA-852 device on the L-IP is used behind a NAT router, the public IP address of the NAT router or firewall must be known. To automatically detect the NAT address leave the Auto-NAT checkmark enabled.
15 characters. The field Channel members displays the current number of members on the IP-852 channel. The field Channel mode reflects the current channel mode. The L-IP configuration server automatically determines this mode. Depending on if there are any two devices in the channel which use the same IP address but different ports (e.g., multiple...
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Enter NTP timer server address and ports in the fields Primary SNTP and Secondary SNTP. The L-IP will synchronize to NTP time if primary or primary and secondary NTP servers are specified. A list of available timeservers can be found at www.ntp.org.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC It is recommended, however, to enter the secret locally and not over an Internet connection. It is best to use a cross-over Ethernet cable connected to the PC. 6.2.13 CEA-852 Channel List If the configuration server is enabled on the device, the CEA-852 device list can be seen in the CEA-852 Channel list menu.
The default HTTPS server port is 443. These settings will be active after rebooting. When connecting with a web browser to the L-IP you will be warned that the server uses a self-signed certificate. You need to accept the certificate in order to continue. In some browsers this is also called “adding an exception”.
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Figure 69: Copy and paste for the X.509 certificate request. Order the certificate. The L-IP requires the certificate to be encoded in PEM format in order to be pasted easily.
Web Update: With Web update the device searches for the latest available firmware on the LOYTEC server. Click on the refresh symbol, if no latest version is displayed. Please note, that the device must have a DNS server configured to find the LOYTEC server.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC 6.2.16 SNMP The device has a built-in SNMP server. All system registers and OPC-exposed data points are available as variables in the SNMP management information base (MIB). The MIB definition can be downloaded from the Web interface as shown in Figure 72. One can choose between a text and an XML format, depending on the SNMP tool in use.
The default log direction is newest entries on top. The direction can be edited by clicking on the arrow in the column header. To save the log click on the Save System Log button. When contacting LOYTEC support, have a copy of this log ready. Figure 74: System Log Page.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 75: IP Statistics Page. 6.3.3 CEA-852 Statistics The CEA-852 statistics page displays the statistics data of the CEA-852 device on the device. The upper part of the CEA-852 statistics page is depicted in Figure 76. To update the statistics data, press the button Update all CEA-852 statistics.
(device sending to this CEA-852 device). Therefore a potential NAT router configuration error cannot be detected. If the tested device is an L-IP, it is recommended to upgrade this L-IP to 3.0 or higher.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 78: Documentation Page. Note: The Documentation page and all files available on it are accessible for all users (incl. Guest). 6.5 Reset, Contact, Logout The menu item Reset allows rebooting the device from a remote location. The Contact item provides contact information and a link to the latest user manual and the latest firmware version.
L-IP supports different operating modes how packets are routed between the CEA-709 side and the IP side. The L-IP can be used as a client device on the IP channel, as a configuration server on the IP channel, or as a client device and configuration server at the same time.
Thus, it isolates local network traffic (e.g., in case of heavily loaded networks). Figure 80 shows the proper DIP-switch setting to put the L-IP into smart switch mode. The series “C” L-IP models do not have DIP switches.
(see Section 4.5.1). Figure 81 shows the proper DIP-switch settings for repeater mode, assuming all other DIP switches remain in the factory default position. The series “C” L-IP models do not have DIP switches. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Figure 81: ON-OFF: DIP-switch settings for repeater mode.
PC. Figure 83: IP channel that consists of two IP devices. The left L-IP with IP address 135.23.2.51 acts as router and as a configuration server for this IP channel. It manages both IP devices 135.23.2.51 and 135.23.2.52.
LOYTEC 7.2.1 CEA-852 Device Every L-IP acts as a device on the IP channel. It either needs to contact a configuration server or a configuration server needs to contact the device in order to set up the proper routing tables. Before a device can become a member of the logical IP-852 channel it needs to have the following parameters: ...
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MD5 secret if authentication is required, see Section 6.2.10 If multiple CEA-852 devices behind one NAT router are added, the Auto-NAT setting in the L-IP is recommended to be used with the CEA-852 configuration server. 7.2.2.2 IP-852 Device Contacts Configuration Server In this scenario, the IP-852 device needs the following parameters set in order to contact the configuration server.
600. See Section 7.2.2.3 on compatibility with the i.LON 600. 7.3.1 Automatic NAT Configuration In order to use the L-IP behind a firewall the public NAT address and the local IP address must be set in the IP configuration menu (see Section 5.5.1). By default the NAT address is determined automatically when adding the L-IP to the channel in the configuration server.
Figure 86, the L-IP with private address 192.168.1.100 also acts as a configuration server. If the CS is activated on a L-IP behind a NAT router, the NAT router must have a fixed public IP address. The L-IP with the CS also cannot use automatic NAT discovery. In this case, enter the NAT address of the NAT router manually in the IP configuration menu Version 6.1...
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NAT configuration with port forwarding, use the enhanced communications test (see Section 6.3.4). Figure 86 Multiple L-IP devices behind a NAT: Extended NAT Mode. After the NAT router has been configured with the port-forwardings and the CS has been turned on, the channel members can be added.
Figure 87: Adding a member with extended NAT Mode on the Web UI. 7.3.3 Multiple L-IPs behind a NAT: Classic Method If more than one L-IP must be used behind the NAT router and there are devices which do not support the extended NAT mode, we propose the setup from Figure 88.
If you configure multi-cast there may be some devices, which do not support this feature. In this case, the L-IP uses a hybrid scheme and sends unicast to those devices, which are not configured for multi-cast. Note, that the L-IP determines automatically, when to switch to the multi-cast mode depending what types of devices are in the channel and on the traffic burden for those devices.
The Auto-NAT feature in the device permanently monitors the current NAT address. When the device detects a change in the NAT address it re-registers with the configuration server using this new address. This feature requires a LOYTEC configuration server (e.g., L-INX, L-IP) and “Roaming Members” enabled on that CS.
Internet service provider needs to assign a fixed public IP address to the NAT router. 7.7 Network Buffers The L-IP can handle packets from the network with a maximum length of 256 bytes. There is no explicit limit in the network buffer counts.
CEA-709 router. Before the L-IP can start routing CEA-709 packets over IP channels, the L-IP must be added to an IP-852 channel. Please refer to Section 7.2.2 on how to add the L-IP to an IP-852 channel. 8.1 L-IP Acts as a Standard CEA-709 Configured Router...
Installation and operation is plug&play if used in the smart switch mode, which can be set with the DIP switches. Please refer to Section 7.1.2 to set the L-IP into smart switch mode. After connecting the network cables, the L-IP can be powered up and it will start its switching application.
8.4 Using the L-IP as the Network Interface for LNS Applications The L-IP can be used as a local or remote network interface for LNS based applications like LonMaker to access CEA-709 networks. Therefore the CEA-852 network interface must be...
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Figure 94: Move the LNS Network Interface to the newly created IP Channel. If the L-IP is used as a CEA-709 configured router one should add the L-IP in the LonMaker drawing. Create a new Channel with channel type IP-10L in an Intranet or IP-10W in an Internet environment.
8.5 Remote LPA Operation The L-IP supports remote LPA access. This means that a CEA-709 protocol analyzer connected to the Ethernet network can connect to the L-IP and record all packets on the CEA-709 channel (FT-10). Our LPA-IP supports this sophisticated feature. The functionality is shown in Figure 96.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC 9 L-IP Redundant 9.1 Redundancy and Fault Detection in CEA-709.1 Networks 9.1.1 Reasons for Communication Failures Figure 97 shows typical reasons for communication failures in CEA-709 networks: Broken connection on the backbone: The router is not connected to the backbone anymore.
9.2.1 Bus Loop Monitoring To achieve redundancy against “3. Broken cable in the segment” (see Section 9.1.1) the L-IP allows building a ring structure by connecting both ends of the bus cable to the L-IP Redundant (see Figure 98). Assuming a redundant backbone.
Now the L-IP Redundant is able to detect a cable fracture by permanently comparing the traffic on both sides of the bus: If the L-IP Redundant sees different traffic on its two terminals, the cable is deemed to be broken. In this case it starts to duplicate the traffic from loop port 1 to loop port 2 and vice versa.
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IP-852 channel. Further, the two routers must be linked by binding certain network variables, which are used for communication between the two paired L-IP Redundant routers. Please see Section 9.4.3.2 on how to configure the L-IP Redundant for router redundancy.
First a couple of channel quality parameters (e.g. bandwidth utilization, CRC error rate, etc.) are permanently monitored and their current values are provided as network variable (see Section 9.7), in the L-IP Redundant plug-in (see Section 9.5.4), and in the web interface (see Section 9.6.1).
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC The router in the L-IP Redundant can only be used as Configured Router and thus requires to be commissioned with a network management tool (e.g. LonMaker) like any other router. Smart Switch Mode, Repeater Mode and Bridge Mode are not supported.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 102: L-IP Redundant Plug-In welcome screen. Figure 103: You have to agree to the Software License Agreement. Figure 104: Choose the destination directory. Version 6.1 LOYTEC electronics GmbH...
Figure 105: The Plug-In has been successfully installed. 9.4.2 Registering the L-IP Redundant Plug-In After successfully installing the L-IP Redundant Plug-In the program must be registered as a plug-in in your LNS based network management tool. In the following section the process is described for LonMaker for Windows 3.1.
9.4.3 Adding the L-IP Redundant The L-IP Redundant can be used standalone or with router redundancy. Depending on which operation scenario is selected, different steps have to be taken to add your L-IP Redundant router(s) to your network. 9.4.3.1 L-IP Redundant Standalone...
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To get a service pin message for commissioning the diagnostic node, press the Status button on the L-IP Redundant (see Section 4.5) or use the Send Service Pin Msg button in the corresponding section of the Device Information Page in the Web interface (see Section 6.1).
If bus loop monitoring (see 9.2.1) is not used and thus the loop port 2 terminal of the L-IP Redundant routers is not connected be sure to first commission the router and the diagnostic node of one L-IP Redundant and switch off bus loop monitoring on this L-IP...
(e.g. to download the node list). 9.5.1.3 Standalone mode The L-IP Redundant Plug-In can also be executed as a standalone program. This operation mode offers least functionality. It allows creating and editing a node list or loading, altering and saving a configuration file.
The device status view is used to view the current state of the L-IP Redundant. To access the device status view click on the “L-IP Red. Status” icon on the left side of the L-IP Redundant Plug-In window (see Figure 111).
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Shows the name and the subsystem of the primary and – if present – the secondary device. By clicking on the “Wink” button the corresponding L-IP Redundant can be winked (see 4.4.9). Further the device currently selected by the plug-in is shown (“selected”) and if the plug-in can communicate with the device (“ok”/”fail”).
The channel statistics view is used to view statistic data accumulated by the L-IP Redundant for the two channels connected to the L-IP Redundant. To access the channel statistics view click on the “Channel Statistics” icon on the left side of the L-IP Redundant Plug-In window (see Figure 112).
Finally all statistic data can be cleared by pressing the “clear statistics” button. 9.5.5 Alarm Log Whenever an alarm occurs (e.g. “Ring open”) on the L-IP Redundant it is logged in the internal alarm log. The alarm log can hold up to 256 alarms.
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LOYTEC The alarm log view is used to access the alarms logged in the L-IP Redundant. To access the alarm log click on the “Alarm Log” icon on the left side of the L-IP Redundant Plug-In window (see Figure 113).
The node list is used for node monitoring (see Section 9.2.3). It must contain all the nodes, which should be monitored by the L-IP Redundant. If bus loop monitoring is used the order of the nodes in the list should represent the order of the nodes along the bus to be able to detect the point of fracture in case of a cable break: The node with index 1 must be the node closest to loop port 1 while the last node in the list must be the node closest to loop port 2.
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Figure 116: The Node List Config View. To create a new node list or edit an existing node list, go to the node list view by clicking on the “Node List Config” icon on the left side of the L-IP Redundant Plug-In window (see Figure 116).
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC As you type the node address, it will be checked and the result of the syntax check is indicated by the dialog icon and the text field. Press the “Save” – Button to save the node address into the node list.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 120: Moving multiple entries in the node list. 9.5.6.4 Import/Export Node List Entries in the node list can be selected and transferred to other applications using Copy & Paste (e.g. a spreadsheet application like Microsoft Excel). The fields copied are number, subnet address, node address OR unique node ID address, and description (see Figure 121).
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC 9.5.6.5 Downloading and Uploading the Node List If the L-IP Redundant Plug-In is running in Online-Mode the node list can be uploaded from the device and downloaded to the device (see Figure 123). Download Node List Upload Node List Figure 123: Up- and Downloading the Node List.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Max Send Time This parameter influences the heart beat functionality in the twin router object of the diagnostic node. If set to 0 the heart beat functionality is disabled, any other value will enable heart beat functionality and nvoTwinStatus will be sent out with the interval defined by this value.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC router is less then <Warning Limit> % of the number of packets forwarded by the twin router an warning is triggered. Min Messages This value defines minimum number of packets to be forwarded on the twin router to issue a “Forwarding Error”...
LNS database press the button “Load from Device”. 9.6 Web Interface On the L-IP Redundant an additional item “Redundant” is found in the main menu of the web interface (see Figure 127). This menu item offers the following submenus: 9.6.1 Status...
“Stats” button is present. This button allows viewing the node statistics of the remote node (see Figure 128). Figure 128: The L-IP Redundant Web Interface – Device Statistics Page. 9.6.2 Channel Statistics Figure 129 shows the channel statistics page. This page offers similar information as the channel statistics view of the L-IP Redundant Plug-In (see Section 9.5.4).
Figure 130: The L-IP Redundant Web Interface – Alarm Log Page 9.6.4 Node List Configuration Figure 131 shows the node list configuration page. This page offers similar information as the node list view of the L-IP Redundant Plug-In (see Section 9.5.6). Version 6.1 LOYTEC electronics GmbH...
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 131: The L-IP Redundant Web Interface – Node List Config Page Major differences compared to the plug-in interface are: Clicking on the link “import” allows importing/uploading a node list from a CSV-file Multiple nodes can be selected by checking the check box at the end of each column. The drop down box “Action on Selected”...
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 132: The L-IP Redundant Web Interface – Parameters Page Major differences compared to the plug-in interface are: If router redundancy is used, the button “Save & Copy to Twin” allows saving changes in the configuration to the local device and its twin router. It is strongly recommended to always copy the parameters to the twin router to guarantee smooth operation.
LonMark alarming is supported via nvoAlarm (SNVT_alarm) and nvoAlarm_2 (SNVT_alarm_2). This allows devices supporting the LonMark alarm notifier profile (e.g. i.LON 100) to receive alarms generated by the L-IP Redundant and react with a defined action (e.g. send an email). By supporting both alarm SNVTs, SNVT_alarm and SNVT_alarm_2, legacy and state-of-the-art alarm handling is supported.
0 if bus loop monitoring is enabled, 1 if bus loop monitoring is disabled. Bus loop monitoring can be disabled either manually (e.g. by disabling the object) or because the L-IP is in twin router mode and the device is in standby mode and thus inactive. ...
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Device Monitor Object nvoNodeMonStatus nvoNodeMonAlarm[2] nvoRingALastNode nvoRingBLastNode nvoRingAReceived[2] nvoRingBReceived[2] Figure 135: Device Monitor Object. SNVT_state_64 nvoNodeMonAlarm[2] Shows the state of the monitored nodes. Each bit corresponds to one node in the node list (e.g. bit0 -> index 1, bit1 -> index 2, etc.). Array element nvoNodeMonAlarm[0] represents nodes with index 1- 64, while array element nvoNodeMonAlarm[1] represents nodes with index 65-128.
(see Section 9.2.2). It has the following network variables: UNVT_red_rtr nviRedRtr UNVT_red_rtr nvoRedRtr As already mentioned in Section 9.4.3.2 these two network variables are used to establish the connection between paired L-IP Redundant devices. Twin Router Object nviRedRtr nvoRedRtr nvoTwinStatus Figure 136: Twin Router Object.
L-IP Redundant is attached to: The channel monitor object with index 0 corresponds to the CEA-709 side of the L-IP Redundant, while the object with index 1 corresponds to the CEA-852/IP side of the L-IP Redundant. Each object has the following network variables: Version 6.1...
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Figure 137: Channel Monitor Object. SNVT_count nvoPort Index of port associated with this Channel Monitor Object instance. Port 1 corresponds to the CEA-709 side of the L-IP Redundant, while port 2 corresponds to the CEA-852/IP side of the L-IP Redundant. Polled only. Version 6.1...
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LOYTEC SNVT_elapsed_tm nvoElapsedTime Time since L-IP Redundant powered up or since the statistics for this port where reset. The statistics can be reset using the web interface (see Section 9.6), the network variable nvoClearStat (see Section 9.7.1) or if the node is reset with a network management command (e.g.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC SNVT_lev_cont nvoMaxBandUtil Maximum value of nvoIvalBandUtil since power-up or since the statistics for this port where reset. For a smooth operation of the CEA-709 segment the bandwidth utilization must remain below 50%. SNVT_lev_cont nvoMaxCrcError Maximum value of nvoIvalCrcError since power-up or since the statistics for this port where reset.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC SNVT_lev_cont nvoOverloadRatio Ratio between statistic intervals during which the channel was in overload condition and intervals during which the channel was not in overload condition since power-up or since the statistics for this port where reset.
Every data item is assigned an object ID (OID). A device can support an arbitrary number of MIBs, such as CPU statistics or network traffic statistics. 10.1.1 SNMP Features LOYTEC devices supporting SNMP share these common features: Read-only access for SNMP version 2C and 3 ...
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 138: SNMP configuration page The following settings are used to configure the SNMP agent: SNMP Protocol version: This setting selects between version 2C, 3 and 2C+3. Protocol version 2C is more common, but lacks encrypted authentication.
SNMP Version 2C uses unencrypted authentication and payload. The community string is transmitted in clear text and can be easily extracted from captured network traffic. SNMP Version 3 supports encrypted authentication and payload encryption. LOYTEC devices support only authentication. The password is not transmitted in clear text then.
The TP-1250 uses transformers for galvanic isolation. The topology of a TP-1250 network is a bus. Thus, both ends of the bus cable need to be terminated. LOYTEC recommends using its L-TERM network terminators (LT-13) for network termination (see Figure 140).
11.3 RS-485 The L-IP RS-485 ports are fully compatible with the parameters specified by TIA/EIA RS-485 for this channel. A maximum of 32 L-IP RS-485 ports can be connected to one channel. The RS-485 ports support bit-rates between 300 kbps and 2.5 Mbps. When using bit-rate auto-detection the L-IP checks for the following bit-rates: 0.61 kbps, 1.221 kbps, 2.441...
11.4 Redundant Ethernet 11.4.1 Ethernet Cabling Options The L-IP series “C” models are equipped with two Ethernet ports, which are connected to an internal Ethernet switch. This allows for advanced cabling options to reduce cabling costs or to increase network resilience. For this discussion, the term upstream is used to designate the direction towards the network, which the devices are connected to.
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Please note, that this is a feature of the switch, not of the L-IP, so that LOYTEC cannot give a guarantee that this will work with a particular switch model. In no case redundant cabling options will work with unmanaged switches.
Ethernet cable between Switch1 and Switch2 which needs to be plugged into a lower-numbered port than the L-IP devices are connected to. If this is not possible, the STP port priority for the cross-connection cable needs to be set to a low value.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC The upstream switches have to support the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), as defined in IEEE 802.1w. The upstream switches have to provide a broadcast storm filter. Two distinct switches are required for each end of the device chain.
The connection between Switch2 and the L-IP directly connected to Switch2. A connection in the L-IP chain which is not connected directly to either Switch1 or Switch2. 11.4.6 Example switch configuration The following example shows the configuration commands for Switch1, Switch2 and the upstream switch (HP Procurve syntax) in the setup shown in Figure 143.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC only a subset of the services of the device. For example, the WLAN interface could expose the Web UI, but not BACnet communication. Access point mode (separate network): In the isolated access point mode, a client can connect to the wireless network created by the device.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Mesh Node Mesh Portal Ethernet Figure 146: Mesh Networking Figure 146 shows the roles of mesh nodes and possible links. Mesh point 1 can communicate with point 2 and point 3. It learns that the mesh point 2 is the mesh portal, so all traffic leaving the mesh network is automatically routed towards mesh point 2.
L-IP platform and can download a new L-IP application image. When the L-IP boots up with the fall-back image, all port LEDs are flashing red. In this state it does not forward any messages.
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Figure 147: LSU Serial Upgrade Tool in idle mode. If the L-IP is not connected to COM1 you can change the port to COM1, COM2, COM3, or COM4. Make sure that the product shown under “Product” matches the device you are upgrading.
LOYTEC 12.3 Firmware Update via the IP Network To download the firmware via the IP network the L-IP must have a valid IP configuration (see Section 3.2). You will need the LOYTEC L-852 Download Tool, which can be downloaded from our homepage at www.loytec.com.
13.1 When commissioning the L-IP LonMaker responds with an error Problem LonMaker reports an error when commissioning the L-IP as shown in Figure 152. Figure 152: LonMaker fails to commission the L-IP router. Explanation The L-IP is not configured as a CEA-709 configured router.
Solution Please make sure to set the DIP-switches according to Figure 79 as CEA-709 configured router and reboot the L-IP. If the L-IP is used in smart switch mode simply do not commission the L-IP. If the problem still persists please contact LOYTEC support (see Section 13.8).
L-IP or L-Switch devices are connected to this backbone and every L-IP/L-Switch has a unique station ID set. If the TP-1250 channel is not used in backbone mode make sure that all L-IP and L-Switch devices on that channel have the backbone mode disabled.
Please activate the keep alive function on the configuration server to establish two-way communication with the CNIP router. 13.8 Technical Support LOYTEC offers free telephone and e-mail support for our L-IP product series. If none of the above descriptions solves your specific problem please contact us at the following address:...
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 154: Packet capture statistics. Verify that the Ethernet ports are listed in the Available capture ports table and that the Remote capture status for these ports reads Disconnected. To log offline without a Wireshark attached to the device, click the check box Local Capture.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 156: Wireshark Capture Options Dialog. Click the Manage Interfaces button to open the Add new interfaces dialog. Select the Remote Interfaces tab and click Add as shown in Figure 157. Figure 157: Wireshark Add New Interfaces Dialog.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 158: Wireshark Remote Interface Dialog. Click OK to retrieve the interface list from the device. If the connection to the device was established successfully, the Remote Interfaces list will be updated with information about all capture ports available on the device as shown in Figure 159.
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L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Figure 160: Start Remote Capture in Wireshark. Wireshark will attempt to establish a connection to the device and, if successful, start displaying packets. An example capture is shown in Figure 161. Figure 161: Example Ethernet remote capture in progress.
L-IP in different application scenarios. Application Note Topic AN002E How to use the enhanced statistic features of the L-IP with LSD Tool the LOYTEC system diagnostics tool (LSD tool) AN003E How to use the L-IP with LonMaker and other network...
Chapter 12. There exists exactly one firmware image for all L-IP models. The firmware has built-in auto-detection of the fieldbus ports the device is equipped with. It adds virtual routers to an internal channel.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC 1628 udp/tcp: This is the data exchange port for CEA-852 (LON over IP). It is required for the primary function of the device to exchange control network data between routers over the IP network. Each device needs this port open. The port can be changed.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC 15.5 Logging and Auditing The device contains a log file, which can be read out over FTP or the Web server. This log contains information when the device started and when crucial communication errors occur. Other information such user log-on are not logged as they are not part of the primary services of this device.
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC 16 Specifications 16.1 LIP-xECTB, LIP-xxECTB, and LIP-xxECRB Operating Voltage 12-35 VDC or 12-24 VAC ±10% Power Consumption typ. 3 W In rush current up to 950 mA @ 24 VAC Operating Temperature (ambient) 0C to + 50C –10C to +60C...
L-IP User Manual LOYTEC Environmental Protection IP 40 (enclosure); IP 20 (screw terminals) Installation DIN rail mounting (EN 50 022) or wall mounting 16.3 LIP-3ECTC, LIP-33ECTC Operating Voltage 12-35 VDC or 12-24 VAC ±10% Power Consumption typ. 3 W In rush current...
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